RAM Music Machine was a hardware add-on for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC 464/664 released in 1986. It was more advanced than the earlier SpecDrum and it could play melody samples, drum patterns or be used as an echo machine. One could sample sounds in 19,444 samples a second and use them. It also had MIDI ports to connect to synthesisers. By 1990 the hardware was advertised with a price of £50.
Notable users include a teenaged Aphex Twin.
See also
References
- "Music Machine". Amstradbladet. No. 9. 1987. pp. 22–23.
- Goodwins, Rupert (March 1987). "Music Machine". Amstrad Computer User. pp. 64–66.
- Waugh, Ian (January 1987). "RAM Music Machine". Music Technology. p. 39. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Sample a byte of music..." Crash. No. 50. March 1988.
- Bates, Jon (November 1986). "The Music Machine". Crash. No. 34. p. 118.
- "RAM Music Machine". Music Technology. United Kingdom: Music Maker Publications (UK), Future Publishing. Dec 1986. pp. 58–59. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- "RAM Music Machine". Crash. No. 74. March 1990. p. 35.
- Noyze, Dave (2014). "Aphex Twin SYROBONKERS! Interview Part 1". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03.
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